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Titanotherium proutii

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Taxonomy
Palaeotherium proutii was named by Leidy (1850). It is the type species of Titanotherium.

It was recombined as Titanotherium proutii by Leidy (1852), Leidy (1853), Leidy (1856), Leidy (1857) and Hay (1902); it was recombined as Menodus proutii by Cope (1886), Cope (1889), Cope (1891) and Osborn (1929); it was considered a nomen dubium by Mader (1989) and Mader (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Palaeotherium proutii Leidy p. 122
1852Titanotherium proutii Leidy
1853Titanotherium proutii Leidy
1856Titanotherium proutii Leidy p. 92
1857Titanotherium proutii Leidy p. 89
1886Menodus proutii Cope
1889Menodus proutii Cope
1891Menodus proutii Cope p. 10
1902Titanotherium proutii Hay p. 636
1929Menodus proutii Osborn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
familyBrontotheriidae()
subfamilyBrontotheriinaeMarsh 1873
tribeBrontotheriiniMarsh 1873
subtribeBrontotheriinaMarsh 1873
—BrontotheriitaMarsh 1873
genusTitanotherium
speciesproutii()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Titanotherium proutii Leidy 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:53:16
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:53:16
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Mader 1998, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Chadronian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Menodus proutii (101961)